Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1376 Changed Historical Facts
Cao Guangjiu took the greeting card——shuddered suddenly, and said in a loud voice: "Quick! Open the middle door and say that I will come out to welcome you in person!"

"The master said that there is no need to be so careful, the villain dared to welcome him to the flower hall..."

"Okay, okay," Cao Guangjiu urged with a wave of his hand, "You go over first, I don't dare to accept the post, so go out and meet him." He then stomped his feet and reprimanded the servant girl, "They're all dead? Change clothes!"

An hour later, he sent away the master who came to pay a visit - the owner of the post was too famous to come to see him by himself, but it was enough to give him face just by a master bringing the greeting card.Cao Guangjiu locked himself in the study for a long time, he was a bit confused about the other party's intentions.

Of course he knew that it was inconvenient for the other party to come forward and wanted to use him as a gunman.As long as you have enough benefits for yourself, it doesn't hurt to be a gunman for others.The problem is, he doesn't know what the other party wants to do?This has to be weighed and weighed, which is why he has never dared to agree.

He already knew from the other party's words that the owner of the post was going to deal with the newly emerged Master Zhao.This master's background is certainly big enough, but the gentry behind Mr. Zhao's education is not easy to provoke. If a broken-boot gangster like himself is caught in the middle, he might get a bloody head.

But the interests behind this are really itchy, and he can't help but this sleazy gangster will not swallow this bait.

Thinking of this, he involuntarily touched the pocket that the other party asked someone to bring to him, it was heavy.Cao Guang gritted his teeth, man made money and birds died for food, Mr. Zhao is just an outsider, even if he has some fame, he is not as big and deep as the owner of the post.I lean against a big tree to enjoy the shade.Don't miss this opportunity.

Zhao Yingong is currently arranging the work of "Tiaoye" in the villa.

The smooth implementation of the Spring Silkworm Project and the official opening of the silk reeling factory gave him full confidence, especially in this cocoon silk operation. The local gentry and silk shopkeepers who benefited greatly from it all showed their love for him on various occasions. "Admiration".It seems that he has become a "capable person" with long sleeves and good dance skills.Naturally, there are many people who are envious and jealous.

This year's work on shoots and leaves, he did not have a large scale - he only needs to meet the three "core villages" and a dozen "peripheral villages" that he expects to be cooperative The demand for silkworm rearing on the farm is sufficient.The sericulture households in these villages also have part of the mulberry field, which can be self-sufficient.Even if the scale of sericulture is further expanded next year, the increase will be limited.

Therefore, at the beginning, he did not spend too many resources on controlling the supply of mulberry leaves.He has no intention of directly controlling the mulberry garden itself - the taxation in this area is very heavy, and secondly, the cost of buying the mulberry leaves is not high, and it is convenient to use.What's more, if he wants to raise summer and autumn silkworms, the price of the tip leaves is even more pitifully low-originally, mulberry leaves are valuable in spring.In the rest of the time, there is no benefit other than pruning branches that can be used for weaving baskets, as firewood, and mulberry.So when he sent people to ask various mulberry gardens for the leaves in summer and autumn, the owners of the mulberry gardens thought they were crazy.

Zhao Yingong's conditions are very favorable: production is guaranteed at the price of one tael per mu: from now until the leaves fall in autumn, all the mulberry leaves produced in the mulberry garden will belong to Zhao Yingong.People from the Zhao family can come to pick mulberry leaves at any time.Picking mulberry leaves doesn't need the gardener's hands, it's all done by the servants of the Zhao family—anyway, for Zhao Yingong now, manpower is the most worthless investment.A large number of free labor is not in vain.

For the owners of mulberry gardens, although the income of only one mu or two is very small, it is still an extra income.Not without a small supplement for them.Therefore, the work of purchasing the "tip leaves" in summer and autumn went smoothly, and Zhao Yingong bought enough mulberry leaves needed in summer and autumn without spending much money.

He originally wanted to go all out and buy the share of the shoot leaves next spring, not only to meet his own needs, but also to make a lot of money by selling them at that time.However, I realized that the capital to be invested is really not small. I have too many projects in my hands at the same time: bookstore, printing and publishing, sericulture, raw silk, sea trade... and this huge refugee camp, each of which requires a lot of money to operate .The cash flow is mainly maintained by the money of China Merchants. The trick of seven lids for eight jars is not only available in the old time and space. It is not possible that no one can see through this trick of mine.

Now it can only be regarded as a small situation. Although he still has a lot of ideas, Zhao Yingong can only be satisfied temporarily.Greater strides should be made next year.At present, he lacks sufficient strength, and the influence of the Senate is not enough.In this society where the upper class takes everything, we have to be careful.Right now I still have a lot to do.

"Jiying!"

He greeted, and Jiying immediately appeared at the door of the study, waiting for orders.

"Prepare my boat and go to Shanghai!"

In order to facilitate traveling in the south of the Yangtze River, he had bought the next Wuxi Express a long time ago.With one order, the boatmen took shifts day and night to rock the boat, and within a few days they could reach important political and commercial centers in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Shanghai, Suzhou, and Nanjing, especially Shanghai, which was the most important commercial channel for the Senate in the entire Jiangnan region.There are institutions on Shanhai Wulu here.Zhao Yingong's upcoming trade activities with Japan also use Shanghai as the operation center.

The goods shipped to Japan are gradually being transported to Shanghai for assembly at the moment, except for raw silk, silk, white sugar, Chinese medicinal materials, porcelain and other traditional export commodities to Japan purchased by Hangzhou Station through suppliers in Jiangnan, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, etc. There are also a large number of daily necessities and hardware produced by Lingao.

In the 17th century, although Japan's agriculture and commerce had great development, the handicraft industry was very backward.The traditional Japanese handicraft industry has to be said to be highly skilled, but it is very partial. The degree of refinement in niche consumer goods is far beyond the average level, and the quality and production capacity of mass consumer goods are seriously insufficient.Historically, it has had to rely on a large number of imported daily necessities made in China to ensure supply.In particular, the lack of hardware is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.Even the most commonly used hardware such as nails are often nowhere to be bought.The so-called "knife hunting" was carried out in order to build the Buddha and the temple lacked nails, which was not an excuse that seemed absurd to people at the time.

In the current industrial system of the Senate, besides paper, the industrial products that can be exported and dumped in large quantities are hardware.In addition to exporting to the Guangdong market in large quantities, it also exports to Jiangnan, and this time the export to Japan will naturally not be missed.

However, he came to Shanghai not to export to Japan, but Shen Tingyang invited him to discuss the matter-the letter did not specify the specific matters, only saying "the matter is urgent".

In the end, if there is something urgent, he should be called to discuss immediately, and the location is still chosen in Shanghai!Shanghai is the future headquarters of China Merchants Group, and the starting point for trade with Japan and grain and sea transportation. Coming here to negotiate is obviously related to these two things.

Zhao Yingong was thinking about this matter all the way, when he arrived in Shanghai, he just stayed in the mansion, and he didn't care about the dust and dust, so he informed someone to go to the Shen's mansion immediately to submit a letter and ask Shen Tingyang to meet.

That night, the two met in Zhao Yingong's Shanghai mansion.

Zhao Yingong was originally very worried that Shen Tingyang would make trouble in the matter of going out of the ship to buy shares, but he didn't expect that the other party was actually full of joy.To meet is to congratulate.

"Finally there is someone who understands the truth in the imperial court!" Shen Tingyang was very excited.

"What?!" Zhao Yingong knew at first that he would have nothing to do with exporting to Japan, so he was more than half relieved. He knew that the other party's most concerned thing was to abolish the water and change the sea. Looking at it like this, does the Ming court really have to change?Different from the history, the experiment of seaborne grain rice was carried out in advance?He tentatively said: "Could it be that the imperial court has agreed to abolish the water and change the sea?"

"Hehehe, I'm joking!" Shen Tingyang laughed, "If the court is so decisive in handling affairs, why is it today!"

Zhao Yingong smiled awkwardly, and felt that it would be better for him to keep his mouth shut on this issue—he, Shen Tingyang, is a local tyrant in the south of the Yangtze River.It doesn't matter what you say, as an outsider, it's better to be quiet.

Shen Tingyang also seemed to feel that it was inappropriate for him to comment on the government in this way, and immediately returned to the original topic:

"How can such a major event as abolishing the water and transforming the sea be accomplished overnight. But there is one thing right now. If it is done well, it will be the cause of the waste of the water in the future."

He told Zhao Yingong that after the Dengzhou Rebellion subsided, the entire system of transferring food and payment from Dengzhou to Liaodong had been completely destroyed.The food, salaries and arms originally gathered in Dengzhou were also lost.Documents asking for food and payment from Guan Ning and Dong Jiang flew in like snowflakes.

"...You probably also know the habits of such a soldier." Shen Tingyang was probably in a good mood, so the conversation was very intense, "Since the end of Wanli, the world has been in turmoil, and soldiers have to be used everywhere. This group of soldiers will become domineering one by one, Without food and wages, they are not even willing to move a nest, let alone contribute to the war. Over the years, the imperial court has invested millions of money and food every year, and it is barely maintaining the situation."

After the Dengzhou Rebellion, the supply lines to Dongjiang and Guanning were interrupted immediately, and the land transfer took a long time, consuming even more manpower and material resources. Therefore, the Ministry of War and the cabinet were eager to find new supply channels.

"...So this time the imperial court has a decree to directly transport grain from Jiangnan to Liaodong!" Shen Tingyang looked very happy.

"Brother Wumei is here to take care of this?"

"Exactly!" Shen Tingyang was almost dancing at this point, and his excitement was beyond words. "I have entrusted someone to go to the library, and also entered the "Book of Shipping" and "Picture of Shipping."

Zhao Yingong vaguely remembered that this incident should have happened after Shen Tingyang became a member of Zhongshushe in the cabinet. Now Shen Tingyang is only a student of the Imperial College, and there are still several years before becoming a member of Zhongshushe.Clearly, something has changed.

(End of this chapter)